Re: Literary phonetic alphabet

On Sep 25, 2:17 pm, Iain <iain_inks...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 24, 1:05 am, LEE Sau Dan <dan...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:





"Iain" == Iain  <iain_inks...@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >> > Thanks, but I was thinking of something that one could write
    >> > an essay in, for example.

    >> Please make your query clearer. You can't do what you want with
    >> these because...?

    Iain> Well it looks a bit ugly, doesn't it?

No, it doesn't.  I don't think so.  Why would you?

Since you're querying in a sci.* group, I beg you to *define* a metric
to measure the "ugliness" of a script.  Otherwise, who can answer your
query satisfiably?

    Iain> Let's say you're writing a folksong in your native dialect,
    Iain> that foreigners aren't familiar with, but you want them to
    Iain> know what it sounds like.

There  will always be  some sounds  in ones  native language  that are
foreign to  foreigners.  It's  impossible to let  them know  how these
sound exactly without teaching them some phonetics.

Fine.

The IPA works.

I'm imagining a less precise version of that, is all, that is also
easy to handwrite, etc.

This would allow it to be easy to learn, and so could be used
comfortable by non-academics in informal contexts.

IPA can be used with whatever degree of precision is appropriate for
the circumstances.

What's not "easy to learn" about IPA? If you've learned to make the
sound, you learn along with it the symbol for it.
.

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